Rob Portman

Robert Jones "Rob" Portman (19 December 1955-) was the US Senator from Ohio (R) from 3 January 2011, succeeding George Voinovich. He had previously served as a member of the US House of Representatives (D-OH 2) from 4 May 1993 to 17 May 2005 (succeeding Bill Gradison and preceding Jean Schmidt), US Trade Representative from 17 May 2005 to 29 May 2006 (succeeding Robert Zoellick and preceding Susan Schwab), and Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 29 May 2006 to 19 July 2007 (succeeding Joshua Bolten and preceding Jim Nussle).

Biography
Robert Jones Portman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 19 December 1955, and he graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He worked briefly in the White House during the George H.W. Bush administration before entering the US House of Representatives in 1993, representing the eastern half of Greater Cincinnati. From 2005 to 2006, he served as US Trade Representative, and then as Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2006 to 2007. He initiated worldwide trade agreements between the United States and other countries and pursued claims against China and the European Union at the World Trade Organization. In 2010, he was elected as US Senator as a center-right member of the Republican Party, and he supported same-sex marriage and gun rights. In 2017, he introduced a bill to fight back against sex trafficking.